City Alive was a six year collective impact initiative in Albuquerque, New Mexico that supported prosperity, equity, and economic justice and worked to embed these values across Albuquerque’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. From 2014 to 2020, City Alive engaged over 100 nonprofit, business and community leaders across dozens of organizations and institutions. All partners committed to City Alive’s shared vision, putting equity and economic justice at the center of conversations, programs, and policy change across our economy. City Alive was not about economic development as usual. It was where government and philanthropy and the business, education and nonprofit sectors joined forces to grow our economy and overcome major economic hurdles together. Through it, Albuquerque made significant progress. The City Alive initiative played a key role in accelerating our city’s recovery from the 2008 recession and it embedded a pervasive culture of entrepreneurship and inclusion that will continue to play a transformational role in our city.
